Attitudes to Social Justice
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Peter Taylor-Gooby outlines what we know about the public's views on income poverty, fair distribution and the emerging policy debate about childcare.
Peter Taylor-Gooby outlines what we know about the public's views on income poverty, fair distribution and the emerging policy debate about childcare. What do people think about equality of opportunity and gender equality? To what extent do they find these inequalities acceptable?
It focuses on the 'social minimum' and attitudes to income poverty, fair distribution and on the emerging policy debate about childcare as it relates to a concern for equality of opportunity, particularly in relation to gender equality.
This publication was part of ippr's Rethinking Social Justice project.
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